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HOISTING SLING.

Patented Jan. 4, 1887.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT E. WALSH, OF NEW YORK, N Y.

HOlSTlNG-SLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,361, dated January4, 1887.

Application filed August 20, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT E. WVALsH, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Net-Slingsfor Hoisting Purposes, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to that kind of contrivances by means of whichpackages and objects that require to be hoisted, as in lading andnnlading ships, cars, wagons, 800., are transferred from one place toanother; and the object of my invention is to provide means bywhichthese operations can be performed more expeditiously and with greatersafety to the packages or the operators than has heretofore beenattained. I attain this object by the improvements shown in theaccompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a plan view of my net-slingas extended upon the ground ready for the reception of the-articles tobe hoisted. Fig. 2 is a side view of my net-sling as in act of hoistinga variety of packages, showing the operation thereof. Fig. 3 is a detailof the construction of my invention.

Similar letters refer to similar partsthroughout.

My invention consists of a net, A, so made that it can be instantlyspread, as shown at Fig. 1, upon the floor or ground. Numerous articles,without especial care as to size or shape, may be piled thereon, and thesupporting-ropes 0, being hooked upon the purchase, will by the mere actof hoisting draw the side ropes, B, through the eyes D, and purse thesling into a safe bag which will not exert eX- cessive pressure upon anypart of its contents, and it may be transported and emptied when desiredby the reverse of the loading operation--that is, the net or sling islowered in place, the supporting-ropes G unhooked from the purchase, andthe sling A thrown down flat, leaving thepile of packages as at firstarranged without risk of loss by breakage, slipping, or loss of time.

I make the net or slingA of rope of any suitable material. The componentcords a of the net or sling lie in position across each other at rightangles, all of those lying in one direction being above, and all ofthose running across Serial No. 211,360. (No model.)

them being below. At the points where the cords cross each other onestrand of each is interlaced with one strand of the other, as shown inFig. 3. By this means I avoid the large knots which are found in commonnett ng, and which tend to injure the goods in using, besides causingthe net to wear out sooner by the cords being worn off from the knots bythe continuous contact with the goods to be loaded, while theintermediate parts of the cords remain intact. The net or sling A issurrounded by a strong cord, a, properly secured to the netting, andhaving at the corners thereof thimbles or eyes forming eyes D, for theside ropes, B, which are short ropes secured at one end to the bindinga, near one of the eyes D, through which it is passed and then securedto the binding-cord upon the contiguous slde of it, but some ways pastthe center of that side, so that the side ropes, B, cross each other atone end, but are some distance apart at the other.

Upon the side ropes, B, are eyes 0, which are secured to the ends of thesupportlngropes 0'. These eyes G are looseupon, B, so that as the loadis hoisted the s1de-ropes B can pass through both the eyes 0 and D, andpermit the weights to distribute and equalize the various strains andtensions.

It will be seen that these nets or slings can be used either side up.

Having thus described the nature and uses of my inventionflvhat I claim,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A hoisting-sling consisting of a net having eyes D at its corners, ropesB, attached at one end to the sides of the net and passed through theeyes D, and attached at their other ends to the ends of the net, and thesupportingropes 0, connected by means of eyes to the ropes B, at theends of the net, the supporting-ropes 0 being adapted to draw the ropesB through the eyes D, and to purse the sllng, all combined to operatesubstant1ally as set forth.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, this 18th day of August, A. D. 1886.

ROBERT E. -WALSH.

Witnesses:

H. E. PERRIN, M S. PALMER.

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